I found Bertha and John Hein on the 1930 census living in Hempstead, Nassau, NY. Were you aware of that? I also found their Florida divorce record: John F. Hein and Bertha E 1953 Bradford County, FL. I found Bertha Dewar on the 1920 census living with her parents. She was 11 y/o. Her parents were John B. and Anna. Her father was born in California, mother in NY. They lived in Hempstead. Found her again on the 1910, 1 y/o living with her parents listed as Benjamin and Anna (possibly a middle name for her father?) siblings are Madge age 16 and a brother named John E. age 12. They lived in the Bronx. Kim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Martinez-Gibson" <cosette.58@hotmail.com> To: <nybronx@rootsweb.com>; <nyc-roots@rootsweb.com>; <nynassau@rootsweb.com>; <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:27 AM Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] Still trying to find my grandmother-can you help? > > Hi Everyone. > > Many of you have heard my story in searching for my grandmother. I may > have found a breakthrough, so I was hoping sks might be able to do a > lookup. I am working with process of elimination. My grandmother, Bertha > Eliza (nee Dewar and her married name in 1953 was Hein) born July 28, 1908 > in the Bronx. She divorced John F. Hein in FL in 1953 and no one has heard > from her since. When one of her sons died in 1977, the other son tried to > find her (even hired some private investigator in FL) without success. I > have spent a number of years trying to find her too. Anyway...yesterday on > GenealogyBank (somehow I got a preview search) I did an SSDI search for > Bertha's born in 1908 and last place of residence in NY. Now, I don't know > if that was her last place of residence (the 1953 divorce was in FL.), but > she was from NY and lived in NY up until this divorce (and her entire > family are NYers), so I thought I would check NY. > > I found a Bertha Hanover with the exact match dob (July 28, 1908) with a > death date of July 28, 2005 (how ironic...she was also married to John > Hein on July 28 in 1928). This was the only exact dob match in NY. Since > this search has been like finding a needle in a haystack and I have tried > many things, I thought I would try to find a Bertha Hanover before 1953 in > NY/NJ (the SS was issued in NJ). Would sks check to see if there was a > Bertha Hanover in the 1920 and 1930 census? The last address listed for > Bertha Hanover on the SSDI is Floral Park, NY and the SS card was issued > in NJ. If Bertha Hanover existed prior to 1953, then she would not be my > grandmother. If not, this is a possible lead. > > I appreciate any help you can give. > > Thanks, > > Liz > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >